Walter John Wardell, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Havelock, NC
Walter John Wardell, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Havelock, North Carolina, and NPI 1538111851, issued on May 16, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 36849, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter John Wardell
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 36849 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 532 Webb Blvd, Havelock, NC 28532
- Phone
- (252) 447-7088
- Enumerated
- May 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (252) 447-2752
- Medicaid ID
- 8907640 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050516001018); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rutgers R W Johnson Medical School (Cam/New Bruns/Pisc), 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Walter John Wardell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 36849Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,902 Medicare Part D claims for 451 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 101 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium396 claims
- Omeprazole236 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate226 claims
- Lisinopril211 claims
- Prednisone200 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium160 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 47.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $183.29
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Carolinaeast PhysiciansPollocksville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter John Wardell among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Walter John Wardell, M.D. is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Havelock
They are 4 of the 170 NPPES records with a practice address in Havelock, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Douglas Desantis, MDHavelock, NC 285321275509705
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- Kristina Rowe, MDHavelock, NC 285321376536151
- Roderic Carney, MDJacksonville, NC 285401700847811
- Benjamin Mozie, MDJacksonville, NC 285401639195019
- Wesley Murfin, MDJacksonville, NC 285401891787834
- Earlie Johnson, M.D.Jacksonville, NC 285461275594079
- Michael Josilevich, M.D.Jacksonville, NC 285461811088552
Common questions
What is Walter John Wardell, M.D.'s NPI number?
Walter John Wardell, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538111851, issued on May 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter John Wardell, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 532 Webb Blvd, Havelock, NC, 28532. Phone: (252) 447-7088. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter John Wardell, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 36849, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Walter John Wardell, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter John Wardell, M.D. had 5,902 Medicare Part D claims for 451 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Walter John Wardell, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 47.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.